Thor has been doing great! He is so full of energy. Last night Arabella was teasing him with a toy. I let the play go until the "boxing" started. After several "that's enough" commands, Thor changed tactics. He went to the toy box and grabbed an antler and showed it to Arabella. Now an antler beats a wubba, and Arabella who been victorious with the wubba, wasn't feeling her "win" anymore. She dropped the wubba and went after the antler. Again as soon as the first paw went up, I shot out a command. However this time I said "easy". When they both stopped to look me, Arabella was a little quicker to recover the play. She latched on to the end of the antler that was hanging out. The two of them played tug-o-war with the antler. It really did my heart good to watch it. Thor came out the winner and went to lie down to chew on it. All Arabella could do was watch and pout. (She is good at pouting.)
This bout of play, even though it made me a bit anxious, was two fold on why it made me so happy. The first you know about, Thor and his tumor and still living a good life. The second is a little over a month ago Arabella was suffering from "Drop Jaw" or trigeminal neuritis. She couldn't close her mouth. This made something as simple and necessary as eating a challenge. She has come a long way to be able to grip something hard enough to play tug-o-war!
Thor is still feeling energetic this morning and is all wiggles. I gave him some canned salmon with his meals yesterday and I was worried it might upset his tummy. It hasn't, not one bit. Arabella on the other hand has some gurgling going on. No more salmon for her, but I think I will continue to give it to Thor. I think the extra protein is doing him good. I know I really can't base too much of his increase in energy to one day of salmon. However unless I see something to the contrary, I am sticking with it.
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